Plans are heating up for the 2021 Colorado State Fair as many of the entertainment acts originally slated for 2020 have agreed to perform this summer instead. One such act is Nelly, an American rapper known for songs such as "Ride Wit Me" and "Hot in Herre," who was originally scheduled to perform at the fair in 2020, but due to the pandemic the artist agreed to shift the show to the 2021 fair. The musician will perform at 7 p.m. Sept. 4 if COVID-19 case count trends continue to indicate a low chance for transmission between individuals, even in an outdoor setting. Tickets for the rapper's show are selling quickly; in fact, Colorado State Fair General Manager Scott Stoller estimated that tickets for the concerts, not just Nelly's, will reach the same sale amounts for a typical first week of July by the middle of May.